This part of ISO 11148 applies to hand-held non-electric power tools (hereafter referred to as “assembly
power tools for threaded fasteners”) intended for tightening or installing of threaded fasteners. The assembly
power tools for threaded fasteners can be powered by compressed air, hydraulic fluid or internal combustion
engines and are intended for use by one operator and supported by the operator's hand or hands, with or
without a suspension, e.g. a balancer.
This part of ISO 11148 covers
? air-hydraulic impulse wrenches;
? impact wrenches;
? fastener installation tools;
? nutrunners;
? open-ended spanners (crow-foot with open-ended socket or tube nut wrench);
? ratchet wrenches;
? screwdrivers.
This part of ISO 11148 does not cover special requirements and modifications of assembly power tools for
threaded fasteners for the purpose of mounting them in fixtures.
This part of ISO 11148 deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations or hazardous events when the
tools are used as intended and under conditions of misuse which are reasonably foreseeable by the
manufacturer, with the exception of the use of assembly power tools for threaded fasteners in potentially
explosive atmospheres.